| 单词 | dumbstruck |
| 释义 | dumbstruck (once / 184677 pages) adj When you're dumbstruck, you're so amazed or shocked that you can't say a word. You might be dumbstruck with fear when you hear a scary noise upstairs in your supposedly empty house. You might be dumbstruck by the changes in a town you haven't seen in several years, or dumbstruck with terror on a roller coaster. The adjective dumbstruck describes someone who's rendered speechless by an overwhelming emotion — in other words, struck dumb, or "silent," which is the oldest meaning of the word, directly from the Old English. WORD FAMILYdumbstruck USAGE EXAMPLESYour first visit will probably elicit another, less intellectual reaction: dumbstruck awe. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) The gunnery slots framed the boys’ dumbstruck faces. Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee(1990) Curly was dumbstruck when he opened the door of the trailer. Carl Hiaasen, Hoot(2002) adj as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise Syn dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck surprised taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。